Rare Books & Special Collections
One of the main goals of the Tarlton Law Library's archival and manuscript collection is to collect, preserve, and make available the records of enduring value created by The University of Texas School of Law. The collections also chronicle the outstanding contributions that Law School faculty and alumni have made to the legal institutions of Texas and the United States. The collections also contain valuable materials relevant to legal history and the history of legal education in Texas and the United States.
Detailed finding aids for many of our archival collections are available via Texas Archival Resources Online (TARO), a consortium of the major research archives in Texas.
Collections relating to The University of Texas School of Law:
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Law School History
Deans Faculty Organizations |
Rare Books & Special Collections maintains the permanently valuable records of the School of Law, as well as the archives of several Law School and law-related organizations. Related materials include the Law School Photograph Collection, the Faculty Writings Collection, a growing collection of oral history interviews, and a comprehensive collection of Law School and Law Library periodicals and publications. The papers of several Law School deans and professors provide insights on legal scholarship, legal education, the history of the Law School, and national affairs. |
Collections Relating to U.S. Legal History:
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Justice Tom C. Clark Other Federal Judges U.S. Legal History |
The largest single collection is the Tom C. Clark Papers, over 480 linear feet of case files, correspondence, literary productions, speeches, printed material, political cartoons, artifacts, scrapbooks and photographs, which include a virtually complete record of Clark's 18 years as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1949-1967). Other collections with a national scope include the papers of Judge Joseph C. Hutcheson, Jr., of the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals; and those of economist and Yale law professor Walton H. Hamilton. |
Collections Relating to Texas Legal History:
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Texas Judges
Texas Legal History |
The history of Texas appellate courts comes to life in oral history interviews with former Texas Supreme Court justices, supplemented by the papers of several Texas appellate judges and other collections. |
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